Middle English Dictionary Entry
perdūrāblī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | perdūrāblī adv. Also pardurableliche, perdurableli & perdurablẹ̄. |
| Etymology | From perdūrāble . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Permanently; everlastingly, eternally.
Associated quotations
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)218/148 : Ne for þo litle sennen, þet noman hine ne mai loki, nis noon deseurd pardurableliche [F perdurablement] fram gode.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.6.35 : The pris and the grace of the peple nys neyther worthi to ben remembred..ne is ferme perdurably.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.11.144 : They [natural processes]..ben ryght as a foundement and edifice for to duren, noght oonly for a tyme, but ryght as for to dure perdurably [vr. perdurablely; L in perpetuum] by generacion.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.4.187 : Thilke same symple forme of man..is perdurablely [vr. perdurably] in the devyne thought.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.322 : He þat of þe lyf interminable The fulnesse comprehendeþ verrely, Possessynge it at ones perdurable..no þing ne lakkeþ.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)70/18 : She wolde not late hem reyne euer in that synne, to be loste perdurably.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)63/33 : I shal..yeve the arising from deth to life to al theym perdurably that ben the soulis of my frendis þat ben past and for to passe from this world into anoþir.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)73 : Thou beleuest not yn God, and therfor þou schalt be dampned perdurably [F parmenablement].
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)79 : The pees of Jhesu be yn me perdurably.